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Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

Your Choices
For certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us.Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:
• Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care

Your Rights
When it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record:
• You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.

Ask us to correct your medical record:
• You can ask us to correct health information about you that you think is incorrect or
incomplete. Ask us how to do this.
• We may say “no” to your request, but we’ll tell you why in writing within 60 days.
Request confidential communications
• You can ask us to contact you in a specific way (for example, home or office phone) or to send mail to a different address.

Ask us to limit what we use or share:
• You can ask us not to use or share certain health information for treatment, payment, or our operations. We are not required to agree to your request, and we may say “no” if it would affect your care.
• If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask us not to share that information for the purpose of payment or our operations with your health insurer. We will say “yes” unless a law requires us to share that information.
• We never market or sell personal information.

Get a list of those with whom we’ve shared information:
• You can ask for a list (accounting) of the times we’ve shared your health information for six years prior to the date you ask, who we shared it with, and why.
• We will include all the disclosures except for those about treatment, payment, and health care operations, and certain other disclosures (such as any you asked us to make). We’ll provide one accounting a year for free but will charge a reasonable, cost-based fee if you ask for another one within 12 months.

Get a copy of this privacy notice:
You can ask for a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically. We will provide you with a paper copy promptly.

Choose someone to act for you:
• If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that
person can exercise your rights and make choices about your health information.
• We will make sure the person has this authority and can act for you before we take any action.
File a complaint if you feel your rights are violated
• You can complain if you feel we have violated your rights by contacting us using the
information at the bottom of this notice.
• You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for
Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201,
calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.
• We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Our Uses and Disclosures
How do we typically use or share your health information?
We typically use or share your health information in the following ways.
Treat you
We can use your health information and share it with other professionals who are treating you.
Example: A doctor treating you for an injury asks another doctor about your overall health
condition.
Run our organization
We can use and share your health information to run our practice, improve your care, and contact
you when necessary.
Example: We use health information about you to manage your treatment and services.
Bill for your services
We can use and share your health information to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.
Example: We give information about you to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your
services.
How else can we use or share your health information?
We will never sell or share your health information for marketing purposes. We are allowed or required
to share your information in other ways – usually in ways that contribute to the public good, such as
public health and research. We have to meet many conditions in the law before we can share your
information for these purposes. For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/
understanding/consumers/index.html.
Help with public health and safety issues
We can share health information about you for certain situations such as:
• Preventing disease
• Helping with product recalls
• Reporting adverse reactions to medications
• Reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence
• Preventing or reducing a serious threat to anyone’s health or safety
Do research
We can use or share your information that has been de-identified for health research.
Comply with the law
We will share information about you if state or federal laws require it, including with the
Department of Health and Human Services if it wants to see that we’re complying with federal
privacy law.
Respond to lawsuits and legal actions
We can share health information about you in response to a court or administrative order, or in
response to a subpoena.
Our Responsibilities
• We are required by law to maintain the privacy and security of your protected health
information.
• We will let you know promptly if a breach occurs that may have compromised the privacy or
security of your information.
• We must follow the duties and privacy practices described in this notice and give you a copy of
it.
• We will not use or share your information other than as described here unless you tell us we
can in writing. If you tell us we can, you may change your mind at any time. Let us know in
writing if you change your mind.
For more information see: www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/consumers/noticepp.html.
Instructions for Notice
• Effective Date of this Notice: 12/1/2017
• Privacy Officer:
Rebecca Peters, President/CEO, RN, BSN
5931 Stanley Ave, Suite 6 Email: WeCare@axiominfusions.com
Carmichael, CA 95608 Web: www.axiominfusions.com
Phone: (800)974-3162
Fax: (800)974-3163

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Your Information. Your Rights. Our Responsibilities.This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

Your ChoicesFor certain health information, you can tell us your choices about what we share. If you have a clear preference for how we share your information in the situations described below, talk to us.Tell us what you want us to do, and we will follow your instructions.

In these cases, you have both the right and choice to tell us to:• Share information with your family, close friends, or others involved in your care

Your RightsWhen it comes to your health information, you have certain rights. This section explains your rights and some of our responsibilities to help you.

Get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record:• You can ask to see or get an electronic or paper copy of your medical record and other health information we have about you. Ask us how to do this.